Articles filed under Health Crises
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FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkillerNov 02, 2018 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators on Friday approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision by ...
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Indiana records unusual early-season influenza deathNov 02, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials say the state has recorded its first influenza-related death of the 2018-19 season at an unusually early time. State Health ...
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Long trip: Psychedelic advocate nears goal of legal ecstasyNov 01, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Growing up amid the tumult of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, Rick Doblin says he became convinced that humanity was "crazy" and "inheren...
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Cross talk: Federal agencies clash on cellphone cancer riskNov 01, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The ot...
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Trippy depression treatment? Hopes and hype for ketamineOct 31, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - It was launched decades ago as an anesthetic for animals and people, became a potent battlefield pain reliever in Vietnam and morphed into the trippy club...
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Appendix removal is linked to lower risk of Parkinson'sOct 31, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson's disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut - maybe in the appendix. People who had the...
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More deaths seen for less invasive cervical cancer surgeryOct 31, 2018 7:00 am - New evidence about a cancer operation in women finds a higher death rate for the less invasive version, challenging standard practice and the "less is more" approach to ...
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Halloween can be deadly for pedestrians, traffic study saysOct 30, 2018 7:00 am - Trick-or-treaters beware: Halloween can be deadly for pedestrians and children face the greatest danger. Research published Tuesday found a 43 percent higher risk of ped...
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UN demands immediate halt to attacks in Ebola areas in CongoOct 30, 2018 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called on armed groups jeopardizing the response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo to immediately halt their attac...
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Guns send over 8,000 US kids to ER each year, analysis saysOct 29, 2018 7:00 am - Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-its-kind st...